ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE, DIRECTLY OVERWRITABLE, MULTIBIT SINGLE CELL MEMORY ELEMENTS AND ARRAYS FABRICATED THEREFROM - Patent 0694214

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EP 0 694 214 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	31.01.1996 Bulletin 1996/05

(21)	Application number: 94912402.0

(22)	Date of filing: 11.04.1994

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G11C 11/ 56^{( . )}
H01L 27/ 24^{( . )}

G11C 16/ 02^{( . )}
H01L 45/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1994/003953

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1994/024707 (27.10.1994 Gazette 1994/24)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

12.04.1993 US 19930046249

(71)	Applicant: ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC.
	Troy Michigan 48084 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	OVSHINSKY, Stanford, R. Bloomfield Hills, MI 48013 (US) YE, Qiuyi Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 (US) STAND, David, A. Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 (US) CZUBATYJ, Wolodymyr Warren, MI 48092 (US)

(74)	Representative: Kügele, Bernhard, et al
	NOVAPAT-CABINET CHEREAU, 9, Rue du Valais CH-1202 Genève CH-1202 Genève (CH)

(54)	ELECTRICALLY ERASABLE, DIRECTLY OVERWRITABLE, MULTIBIT SINGLE CELL MEMORY ELEMENTS AND ARRAYS FABRICATED THEREFROM